(A) Lot arrangement. The lot arrangement shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties, for reasons of topography or other conditions, in securing building permits to build on all lots in compliance with the zoning code and health regulations and in providing driveway access to building on such lots from an approved street.
(B) Lot dimensions.
(1) Lot dimensions shall comply with the minimum standards of the zoning code.
(2) Where lots are more than double the minimum required area for the zoning district, the Planning Commission may require that such lots be arranged so as to allow further subdivision and the opening of future streets where they would be necessary to serve such potential lots, all in compliance with the zoning code and these regulations.
(3) In general, side lot lines shall be at right angles to street lines (or radial to curving street lines) unless variation from this rule will make a better lot to allow for the erection of buildings, observing the minimum front yard and side setbacks from both streets.
(4) Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for business, commercial, or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street parking and loading facilities required for the type of use and development contemplated, as established in the zoning code.
(5) All property located within a subdivision shall be included within the boundaries of a road, lot, or other improved area such that no parts or parcels of land therein remain unusable.
(C) Double/reversed frontage lots and access to lots.
(1) Double frontage lots. Double frontage and reversed frontage lots shall be avoided except where necessary to provide separation of residential development from streets or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation, as determined by the Planning Commission.
(2) Access from arterial,collector, and localstreetsof both minor and major subdivisions.
(a) Definitions of arterial, collector, and local streets, see § 150.147
(b) All driveway entrances and other openings onto arterial, collector, and local streets within the city shall be constructed so that:
1. Vehicles can enter and exit from the lot in question without posing any substantial danger to the occupants of such vehicles, pedestrians, or vehicles traveling in abutting streets; and
2. Interference with the free and convenient flow of traffic in abutting or surrounding streets is minimized.
(c) Lots should not, in general, derive access exclusively from an arterial street.
1. An arterial classified street within city limits is State Highway 13 and any proposed new driveway accessing this street or any other state highway, freeway, or street requires an access permit granted by UDOT.
2. Where driveway access from an arterial street may be necessary for several adjoining lots, the Planning Commission may require that such lots be served by a combined access drive in order to limit possible traffic hazard on such street; however, UDOT approval of such driveway configuration is required if the street is controlled by UDOT.
(d) Driveways, in general, should be designed and arranged so as to avoid requiring vehicles to back into traffic on arterial and collector streets.
(e) New subdivisions access to arterial and collector streets.
1. Where a residential subdivision borders on or contains an existing or proposed arterial or collector street, as designated on the City Master Transportation Plan, the city may require that access to such streets be limited by one of the following means: (see Street Access Ordinance Exhibits below).
a. The subdivision of lots shall be configured so that the lots back onto the arterial or collector street and front onto a parallel local street; no direct access from lots shall be provided from the arterial or collector street. The local street(s) shall intersect a collector road at a point that correlates with the City Master Transportation Plan.
b. A series of cul-de-sacs, U-shaped streets, or short loops entered from and designed generally at right angles to such a parallel street, with the rear lines of their terminal lots backing onto the arterial or collector streets; and the parallel local street shall intersect a collector road at a point that correlates with the City Master Transportation Plan.
c. A local, marginal access or service roads, separated from the arterial or collector street by a planting or landscaped strip and having access thereto at suitable points; and the local street shall intersect a collector road at a point that correlates with the City Master Transportation Plan.
(3) The City Council may waive the requirements outlined in § 150.146(C) all or in part to match and blend with adjacent properties.
(a) The developer shall be notified in writing when waivers are granted.
(D) Restricted or “R” lot.
(1) Restricted lots shall be noted with an “R” designation on the platted lot along with the applicable restrictions and conditions clearly identified on the recorded subdivision plat in a format acceptable to the city.
(2) The “R” designation along with the restrictions and conditions noted on the final plat is to serve as notice to potential lot purchasers of the existence of limitations and conditions imposed upon development of such lots within a subdivision development.
(E) Flag lots. The city does not allow flag lots except as permitted by the City Council in the form of a variance to the subdivision code.
(F) Debris and waste.
(1) No cut trees, timber, debris, earth, rocks, stones, soil junk, rubbish, or other waste materials of any kind shall be buried on any land, or left or deposited on any lot or street at the time of conditional acceptance of the subdivision by the City Council and removal of the same shall be required prior to final acceptance by the City Council.
(2) (a) Most, if not all, new roads or streets within a subdivision will require stripping of top soil from the roadway area as part of the road construction.
(b) A developer may deposit and evenly spread out the topsoil on the lots within the subdivision, and this would be an acceptable exception to this requirement.
(G) Fencing.
(1) Each developer shall be required to furnish and install fences wherever the Planning Commission determines that a hazardous condition or incompatibilities in land use may exist on a lot.
(2) The fences shall be constructed in accordance with any fencing requirements specified in city ordinances and shall be noted as to height and material on the final construction plans.
(3) No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until said fence improvements have been duly installed.
(H) Staking of lots.
(1) Permanent corner markers shall be placed at all rear lot corners to completely identify the lot boundaries on the ground.
(2) Front lot corners, where curb and gutter is required and/or provided, shall be identified with permanent reference plugs or nails in the concrete curb at an offset which is perpendicular to the curb and gutter from the actual lot corner location.
(3) (a) All lot corner markers must be in place prior to the issuance of building permits and after the completion of all subdivision improvements.
(b) All lot corners shall be established and monumented in accordance with state/county survey laws.
(I) Frontage on freeways or state highways. Where a subdivision abuts a freeway or state highway, a frontage road may be required by the land use authority who is responsible for the subdivision application approval.
(Ord. 2020-006, passed 3-9-2021; Ord. 2023-004, passed 11-14-2023) Penalty, see § 150.999